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Legal and Ethics Concerns of Psilocybin as Medicine

Stephanie M. Schonholz, Jacob M. Appel, Harold J. Bursztajn, Mohan Nair and Michael R. MacIntyre
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online November 2024, JAAPL.240089-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.240089-24
Stephanie M. Schonholz
Dr. Schonholz is a psychiatry resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Appel is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Bursztajn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and President, American Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Nair is in private practice, Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine, Seal Beach, CA. Dr. MacIntyre is a Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
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Jacob M. Appel
Dr. Schonholz is a psychiatry resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Appel is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Bursztajn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and President, American Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Nair is in private practice, Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine, Seal Beach, CA. Dr. MacIntyre is a Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
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Harold J. Bursztajn
Dr. Schonholz is a psychiatry resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Appel is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Bursztajn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and President, American Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Nair is in private practice, Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine, Seal Beach, CA. Dr. MacIntyre is a Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
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Mohan Nair
Dr. Schonholz is a psychiatry resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Appel is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Bursztajn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and President, American Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Nair is in private practice, Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine, Seal Beach, CA. Dr. MacIntyre is a Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
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Michael R. MacIntyre
Dr. Schonholz is a psychiatry resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Appel is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Bursztajn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and President, American Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Nair is in private practice, Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine, Seal Beach, CA. Dr. MacIntyre is a Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
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JAAPL.240089-24
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.240089-24
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  1. Stephanie M. Schonholz, MD,
  2. Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH,
  3. Harold J. Bursztajn, MD,
  4. Mohan Nair, MD and
  5. Michael R. MacIntyre, MD
  1. Dr. Schonholz is a psychiatry resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Appel is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Bursztajn is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and President, American Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Nair is in private practice, Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatry/Brain Injury Medicine, Seal Beach, CA. Dr. MacIntyre is a Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
  1. Address correspondence to: Stephanie M. Schonholz, MD. E-mail: Stephanie.schonholz{at}mountsinai.org.

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